Health professionals' assessment of health-related quality of life values for oral clefting by age using a visual analogue scale method

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 383-391

  Wehby, George L ^a   Ohsfeldt, Robert L ^b   Murray, Jeffrey C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Cost effectiveness; Cost utility; Health utilities; Health values; Health related quality of life; Oral clefting; Quality adjusted life years; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLEFT PALATE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DENTISTRY; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NURSE; ORTHODONTICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PILOT STUDY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPEECH THERAPY; UNITED STATES; VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EFFICACY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746320183     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/05-066.1     Document Type: Article

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